The euphor­ia of that remark­able, victor­ious campai­gn has given way to pessim­ism and negati­vityKARACHI: Euphoria is one hell of a drug. As a nation, we were swept away by such euphoria by the Champions Trophy. It made us forget that Pakistan went into that tournament as the lowest ranked team for a reason. It took the visitors, the mighty victors of the Champions Trophy, four games to even let the hosts know that they were in a competition. It is important to realise that just like the Champions Trophy triumph didn’t fix all the issues, this whitewash doesn’t remove all the positives.

Source: The Express Tribune January 19, 2018 12:25 UTC